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Masonry keyboard

The Masonry by dj_edit is another ergoish columnar keyboard projected on a rectangular keyboard shape.

KBD.news
Published April 18, 2024

Inspired by Bruce the Keyboard, just like Tschibo's Chaotist, dj_edit's Masonry is a 12 column version with a less aggressive stagger and more bottom row options.

I love Bruce the Keyboard. Masonry is my 12 column version of Bruce with a less aggressive stagger – dj_edit.

The case is stacked acrylic, keycaps in the photos are blank PBT XDA from AliExpress:

Schematic for the MCU integration was taken from Sleepdealer's OSFRL project.

Specs

• 36-44 keys
• MX, hotswap
• multiple bottom row options
• on-board controller (STM32F072)

The matching artisan tray in the background is the author's Fortisan, a 40% sized artisan tray.

Resources

• https://github.com/dcpedit/masonry
• https://github.com/dcpedit/fortisan

Published on Thu 18th Apr 2024. Featured in KBD #162 (source).

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